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Attachment B SS lichen, bryophyte list for Siuslaw and Upper Willamette FOs: Spp. documented or suspected on Northwest Oregon District 7/11/24
| Species (lichens) |
| Reference |
| Status |
| Range/Nearest Site |
| D/S |
| Habitat |
Anaptychia crinalis (= A. setifera)
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Eurasia. AK to OR, Great Lakes to Newfoundland; Kentucky. |
| S |
| Bark and wood, immediate coast. |
| Bryoria bicolor |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Eurasia, on both N.Am coasts, Alaska s to n OR; NS: SI (Roman Ridge). Also, at Roman Nose. |
| D |
| Growing on bark or wood of Pinus, Picea, Tsuga, mainly in open forests from sea level to the subalpine. |
| Bryoria tenuis |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| Coos, Clatsop Cos. To AK. |
| S |
| Coastal, epiphytic. |
| Buellia oidalea |
| S&M Management Recommendation |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Mexico to BC; Curry, Douglas County. Site in UW FO probably erroneous. |
| S |
| Usually coastal, bark, on a variety of species. Coast Range in OR. |
| Calicium abietinum |
| Peterson, 1998-2002 |
| ORBIC List 4 |
| WA, OR, CA + |
| S |
| On wood. |
| Calicium adspersum |
| Peterson, 1998-2002 |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| BC to CA +. NS: Marys Peak FO. |
| D |
| On bark and wood, generally old trees, dry microhabitats, open stands. |
Calicium quercinum
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Europe, New England, PNW |
| S |
| Oak savannahs. |
| Caloplaca stantonii |
| Brodo, Sharnoff & Sharnoff. |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| OR to Mexico. NS: Coos Bay. |
| S |
| Crustose. On rock, immediate coastal. |
Chaenotheca balsamconensis
| ORBIC List 3 |
| BC, WA, Eastern N. Am. NS: Linn Co. |
| S |
| On Trichaptum abietinum. |
Chaenotheca cinerea
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Linn, Jefferson, Douglas Cos., to WA, BC, MT. |
| S |
| Corticolous, trunk of large Populus trichocarpa in humid old-growth forest |
| Chaenothecopsis rubescens |
| Peterson, 1998-2002 |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| North America, Eurasia generally sparse. NS: Wasco, Benton Co. |
| S |
| On bark, often old trees. UW FO collection was misidentified. |
Chaenothecopsis vainioana
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Europe, S. Am., WA, OR. NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Bark. |
| Cladidium bolanderi |
| Brodo, Sharnoff & Sharnoff. |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| AK, OR, CA. NS: Siuslaw NF. |
| S |
| Dwarf fruticose. Rocks, coastal bluffs, seabird roosts. |
Cladonia concinna
| ORBIC List 3 |
| BC to CA, NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Coastal form of C. verticillata. Dune systems. |
Cladonia prolifica
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Eurasia, WA to CA. |
| S |
| Coastal and dunes. |
Ephebe solida
| ORBIC List 3 |
| BC to CA, e NA, Eurasia. NS: Linn and Polk Co. |
| S |
| Aquatic in creeks. Filamentous microlichen. |
| Heterodermia japonica |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Global warm temperate; BC to CA. NS: Lane Co. |
| D |
| Sitka spruce twigs, coastal headlands. Mossy rocks in other regions. |
| Heterodermia sitchensis |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| AK to OR. NS: Douglas Co. |
| S |
| Immediate coast, twigs and branches, Sitka spruce headlands and shore pine dune woodlands. |
| Hypogymnia pulverata |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Japan to e NA, Argentina, Aus, NZ. NS: Tillamook Co., Salem BLM |
| D |
| Sitka spruce branches, coastal dune forest. |
| Hypogymnia subphysodes |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| Australasia, S. America |
NS: Lane Co.
| Hypotrachyna revoluta |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 4 |
| Coastal BC to CA. Also AZ, TX, Rockies, Appalachians. NS: UW FO, SI FO |
| D |
| On trees and rocks in the Coast Range. On ALRU2 bark in ALRU2, PISI forest at Cascade Head, Siuslaw NF. Cascades in WA, near Seattle. |
| Hypotrachyna riparia |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 1
| Cascades foothills in riparian forests, OR. NS: UW |
| D |
| Newly described by McCune in 1998. Found on riparian hardwoods in the foothills of the Cascades. UW FO collection verified B. McCune. |
| Lecanora caesiorubella ssp. merrillii |
| Brodo, Sharnoff & Sharnoff |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK or BC to CA; NS: Curry Co. |
| S |
| White crustose on coastal oaks. |
| Leioderma sorediatum |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Coastal OR to BC; NS: SI (Heceta Dunes ACEC). |
| D |
| Stabilized dunes in old Picea sitchensis and Pinus contorta forests, semi-open habitats within few km of coast. |
| Leptogium compactum |
| Stone et al. 2016 |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| AK to Benton Co. OR. |
| S |
| Leptogium cyanescens |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| Cosmpolitan, AK to CA, Eastern U.S., NS: Sutton Lake, Siuslaw NF (suspected). |
| S |
| Shaded deciduous tree and shrub twigs. Coastal OR, Pyrus fusca in dunes. FS site changed from documented to suspected 2018. |
| Lobaria linita |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| CA, ID, WA; Europe, Asia Siberia; Linn, Polk Counties in OR. NS: Mt. Hebo, OR Coast Range. |
| D |
| Var. linita is arctic, alpine, and montane rock outcrops; sterile. Var. tenuior is epiphytic, higher elevation old growth stands; apotheciate. |
Melanelia commixta (=Cetraria commixta)
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| OR, WA, ID, CO, Canada, N Europe. NS: Marion Co. |
| S |
| Rock, arctic and alpine. |
| Microcalicium arenarium |
| Peterson, 1998-2002 |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| WA, BC, etc. NS: Willamette NF, Hehe Creek in old growth. |
| D |
| On farinose lichens, e.g., Chaenotheca furfuracea, on rocks or tree trunk bases. Old growth PSME, TSHE, TABR. |
| Nephroma occultum |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 4 |
| PNW endemic: BC to south to Douglas County. NS: Willamette NF, Roseburg BLM. |
| S |
| On bark or wood in canopy of old-growth, 1000-3200 ft. elev. West Cascades, often Douglas-fir about 400 yrs old. |
| Niebla cephalota |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| coastal sCA to maritime nWA. NS: Sutton Creek Recreation Area. |
| S |
| On exposed coastal trees (less often rock), always within sight or sound of ocean. |
| Ochrolechia subplicans ssp. subplicans |
| Brodo, Sharnoff & Sharnoff. |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK to Russia, OR. NS: Saddle Mtn. State Park. |
| S |
| Crustose lichen, on rocks on coastal mountain summits. |
Pannaria rubiginella (P. malmei, misapplied) McCune and Geiser
| AK to CA, S. Am. NS: SI, Heceta Dunes ACEC. West Cascades in Marion Co. |
| D |
| Bark and wood, cascade foothills or coastal dune shrubs. Intermixed with and more abundant than P. rubiginosa. |
| Pannaria rubiginosa |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| BC to CA and NM. Eurasia, Africa, S. Am. NS: SI, Heceta Dunes ACEC. |
| D |
| Bark and wood, conifers and hardwoods; moist lowland habitats with the largest populations in coastal dune shrubs. |
| Pannaria oregonensis |
| P. rubiginella and rubiginosa in the PNW are now considered this single endemic sp. |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 1
| AK to CA. NS: SI, Heceta Dunes ACEC. |
| D |
| Bark and wood, cascade foothills or coastal dune shrubs. Conifers and hardwoods; moist lowland habitats with the largest populations in coastal dune shrubs. |
Peltigera gowardii (=P. hydrothyria, Hydrothyria venosa)
| McCune and Geiser |
| Eugene Review |
| AK to CA. NS: UW |
| D |
| Aquatic; generally in small, cold, spring fed streams that seldom flood, in the Cascades. |
| Peltigera hymenina |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| BC to OR. NS: SI FO (Heceta Dunes) |
| D |
| On stabilized coastal sand dunes. |
| Pilophorus nigricaulis |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| currently known in Japan and AK to OR in N.Am.; NS: Linn Co. |
| D |
| On rocks, mid elevations on stable talus slopes; coniferous forests that are especially humid: riverbanks, canyons, coast. |
| Pseudocyphellaria hawaiiensis (=P. perpetua) |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK to CA, E. N. Am., Asia. NS: SI, UW FO |
| D |
| On conifers and hardwoods, oceanic and suboceanic regions. |
| Pseudocyphellaria mallota |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| S. America; WA, AK, and Willamette N.F., NS: SI, UW |
| D |
| TABR2, RHMA3 branches in late successional forests, also branches, young ALRU2 or PSME forest. |
| Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 4 |
| AK to Douglas County in OR. Salem BLM both Cascades and Coast Range. |
| S |
| Moist old growth forests at low to mid elevations. |
| Pyrrhospora quernea |
| Brodo, Sharnoff and Sharnoff |
| ORBIC List 4 |
| CA (Channel Islands), OR, WA (Thurston Co.) NS: SI (Heceta Dunes ACEC). |
| D |
| Crustose lichen; wood, immediate coast (except for WA population). |
| Ramalina labiosorediata (= R. pollinaria in part) |
| McCune and Geiser |
Sensitive ORBIC List 2
| Scattered Eurasia, N. America. Coastal in PNW. NS: Heceta Beach. |
| S |
| On bark of various trees and shrubs, especially old ones; shaded rocks. Moist low elevation sites. R. pollinaria sensu stricta is in Eurasia. Willamette NF site was misidentified. |
Schaereria dolodes (=Lecidea dolodes)
| ORBIC List 3 |
| NS: UW (Horse Rock Ridge ACEC, Grassy Mtn. ACEC) |
| D |
| Crustose, found on trunk of open grown Douglas fir. |
Sclerophora amabilis
| ORBIC List 3 |
| BC to OR, MT, E N. Am, Eurasia. NS: UW FO |
| D |
| Late seral Oregon ash in ash swamp. On dead ACMA3 in wet area. Bark, black cottonwood, etc. |
| Sclerophora peronella |
| Peterson, 1998-2002 |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| BC, NS, OR, Europe. NS: UW FO, SI FO. |
| D |
| Pin lichen. On older deciduous trees; decorticated wood in hollows, sometimes bark. Also on grand fir in old growth PSME. UW FO collection verified by Steve Selva. |
Scytinium platynum (=Leptogium p.)
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| BC to Mexico. NS: SI, UW |
| D |
| Mossy soil or rocks. |
Scytinium quadrifidum (=Rostania, Collema quadrifidum)
| New species |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| BC to CA. NS: Douglas Co. |
| S |
| On white and possibly black oak. |
| Sigridea californica |
| Brodo, Sharnoff and Sharnoff |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Coastal CA & OR. NS: Cape Blanco State Park |
| S |
| Crustose. Bark, decaying wood; open woodland. On Pinus, Baccharis, etc. Sitka Spruce woodland in OR. |
| Sinuicella denisonii |
| Stone et al. 2021 |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Polk Co., near Valsetz. CA. |
| S |
| Early successional, bare soil. Minute fruticose, grey to nearly black, branching isotomic dichotomous. |
| Stereocaulon spathuliferum |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Asia. NS: Lane and Linn Co. |
| D |
| Subalpine to alpine; on rock along cool, N-facing talus slopes in the Cascades |
| Sticta torii |
| Simon et al. 2018 |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Cape Perpetua; Lane, Tillamook, Lincoln Cos. To AK. |
| S |
| Alnus, Malus and Picea branches in |
hypermaritime regions.
| Sticta weigelii |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 4 |
| AK to CA, w Cascades; NS: UW, SI. |
| D |
| Epiphytic, rarely mossy rock, often old growth. S. weigellii in PNW is possibly an undescribed species. |
| Sulcaria badia |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 1 |
| WA to CA, NS: UW (Garoutte Prairie). Mt. Pisgah. |
| D |
| On bark, wood, mostly hardwoods, often oaks. Savannah to woodlands. On ash, white oak, pear, apple at Garoutte Prairie. |
| Sulcaria spiralifera |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 4 |
| WA to CA. NS. SI (Heceta Dunes ACEC) |
| D |
| Epiphytic, coastal, dunes. Combination of the Bryoria pseudocapillaris and B. spiralifera. |
| Teloschistes flavicans |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Global; Coastal OR to CA. NS: Tillamook FO. |
| D |
| Coastal forests, PISI. |
| Thelomma mammosum |
| Goward 1999. |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Coastal BC to Mexico, Europe, Micronesia. NS: Linn Co. |
| S |
| Acid rock outcrops, coastal and coast ranges. |
| Tholurna dissimilis |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| WA to CA, Eurasia NS: Linn Co. NS: Tillamook FO. |
| D |
| Exposed dwarfed, subalpine conifers; rarely on rock. Occasionally lower elevation where cool, moist. |
| Umbilicaria rigida |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Circumboreal, south to CA. |
| S |
| Arctic and alpine rocks. |
| Usnea lambii |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Antarctica, north in mountains to WA, OR |
| S |
| Alpine to subalpine rocky ridges. |
| Usnea nidulans |
| McCune and Geiser |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| BC to Oregon. Lane, Lincoln, Curry Cos. |
| S |
| On both conifers and hardwoods, immediate coast and coast ranges. Found in stand of PSME, TSHE, THPL, ALRU2.; TSHE/POMU Association. |
| Usnea rubicunda |
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| widespread in subtropics, n on coast to WA, BC. NS: Sutton Creek Recreation Area. |
| S |
| Branches and trunks, open forests, coastal. Red-orange color. |
Usnea subgracilis (=U. hesperina,U. schadenbergiana)
| McCune and Geiser |
| ORBIC List 4 |
| OR coast; NS: SI (Heceta Dunes ACEC) |
| D |
| open grown conifers and adjacent to Salix-Myrica wetland thickets, usually near coast. |
Vezdaea stipitata
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Europe, tropical America; Lane and Douglas Co. |
| S |
| Crustose, ephemeral on lichens or mosses. On Peltigera collina, Nephroma bellum; Oaks, alder, near water. |
Lichen Taxonomic References
Brodo, Sharnoff and Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press.
Goward, T. 1999. Lichens of British Columbia. Part 2 – Fruticose Species. B.C. Ministry of Forests.
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/docs/Srs/Srs09/09Part02.pdf McCune and Geiser. 2009. Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd ed. OSU Press.
Peterson, E.B. 1998-2002. A preliminary key to calicioid lichens and fungi in the Pacific Northwest.
http://www.toyen.uio.no/botanisk/lav/LichenKey/Current/Peterson/CalicioidsPNW.PDF Simon, A., Goward, T., Di Meglio J., Dillman, K., Spribille, T., & Goffinet, B. 2018. Sticta torii sp. nov., a remarkable lichen of high conservation priority from northwestern North America. Graphis Scripta 30 (6): 105–114. Oslo. ISSN 2002-4495.
Stone et al. 2016. A revision of the Leptogium saturninum group in North America. The Lichenologist 48:5.
Stone DF, McCune B, Pardo-De la Hoz CJ, Magain N and Miadlikowska J (2021) Sinuicella denisonii, a new genus and species in the Peltigeraceae from western North America. Lichenologist 53, 185–192.
| Species (bryophytes) |
| Reference |
| Status |
| Range/Nearest Site |
| D/S |
| Habitat |
MOSSES
| Andreaea nivalis |
| Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Circumboreal, south to CA. NS: Willamette NF |
| S |
| Boulders, rock outcrops, alpine to subalpine. |
| Andraea schofieldiana |
| Christy and Wagner |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| BC to CA. NS: Linn Co. (Dave Wagner says this site is actually A. heinemanii. Cascades FO, but old 1992 site. |
| D |
| Montane to subalpine rock outcrops, open or shaded. Abies, PSME, TSHE or TSME forests. 1992 site from Bryoportal. |
| Anomobryum julaceum |
| Lawton (as Pohlia filiformis) |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| BC to CA, e NA, Eurasia. NS: Clatsop, Baker Cos. |
| S |
| Rock or soil in rock crevices. Roadcuts, cliff bases, intermittent streamlets. |
| Barbula unguiculata |
| Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| CA, BC, WA, to eastern N.A. New in OR. NS: SI FO |
| D |
| Soil, usually calcareous regions. Roadside in Siuslaw FO. Weedy in most of its range. |
| Eurasia, Africa, Australia, BC to CA, TX. NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| On soil over rock in the mountains. Soil, moist to seasonally moist. |
| Bruchia bolanderi |
| Christy and Wagner |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Oregon and Washington |
| S |
| Montane meadows and streambanks. Among grasses, openings. |
| Bruchia flexuosa |
| Christy and Wagner (under B. bolanderi) |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| CA, OR, eWA; NS: Willow Creek Preserve, Fern Ridge Res., SI (WEW) |
| D |
| Wet prairie habitat, mud flats around reservoir. |
| Bryum calobryoides |
| Spence 1986 |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| BC to CA, CO. NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Rocks and soil, shaded to exposed boulder fields, montane to alpine meadows, cliffs, outcrops. 3,000 to 7,000 feet. |
Bucklandiella lawtoniae
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Japan, AK to OR; Hood, Marion, Jackson Cos. |
| S |
| Humid or wet, mostly shaded acidic rocks, boulders, cliffs, near streams and waterfalls. |
Bucklandiella macounii ssp. alpina
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK, Europe, Japan, BC to OR, Hood, Lane, Union Cos. |
| S |
| Rocks along mountain streams, sloping rocks with trickling water, stony ground in late snow patches. 2,000 to 7,500 feet. |
| Buxbaumia aphylla |
| Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK to OR. Michigan to east coast. NS: SI |
| D |
| Soil or soil over rock. Partially shaded old road surface. Immature capsules in fall not identifiable to sp. |
| Campylopus introflexus |
| Norris and Shevock |
| Eugene Review |
| Invasive in Europe, BC to CA. NS: SI |
| D |
| Invasive sp., native to S. Africa, S. America, Aus., NZ. On open, disturbed sites, including WEW, dunes, roadsides. |
Campylopus schmidii (=C.aureus)
| Christy and Wagner |
| ORBIC List 4 |
| Coastal OR (Lane Co.), nCA, Mexico, sAsia; NS: SI (Heceta Dunes ACEC) |
| D |
| In partially-stabilized coastal sand dunes w/in one mile of ocean. In open stands of shore pine, cedar & cypress; shaded to exposed sand around the edges of vernal pools, and in deflation plains |
| Campylopus subulatus |
| Norris and Shevock |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Southern OR, CA, Eurasia. NS: SI FO. Cape Perpetua and Roseburg BLM. |
| D |
| On soil and rock. Meadows, oak woodland, openings, sand dunes; Douglas-fir forest in CA. Sometimes on serpentine. |
Codriophorus fascicularis
| ORBIC List 2 |
| AK to OR, CO, Nova Scotia, Eurasia, Azores, NS: Clackamas, Lincoln Cos. |
| S |
| Rock near streams and lakes, often periodically submerged or splashed, seepage and meltwater, occasionally bark at tree bases, logs in water, shingle roofs. |
| Cynodontium jenneri |
| Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK to OR. NS: Lane, Clatsop Co. |
| S |
| Soil over rock, rarely on rotten wood. Lowlands to montane. |
| Encalypta brevipes |
| Norris and Shevock |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Circumboreal, south to OR. Clatsop, Coos, Curry Co. |
| S |
| Soil on ledges and crevices; rock, cliffs. Fog exposed sites. |
| Entosthodon fascicularis |
| Lawton |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| OR, WA, ID, Europe. NS: UW, Horse Rock Ridge |
| D |
| On soil; dry, open habitats. |
| Ephemerum crassinervium |
| Grout 1903 |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| New Zealand, N. America. NS: SI (WEW). |
| D |
| Edge of Fern Ridge Reservoir on mud. Wet prairie habitat, on soil between DECE pedestals. Some collections may be E. spinulosum (Duncan Thomas ID). |
| Ephemerum serratum |
| Grout 1903 |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| CA, New Zealand, Europe, Africa NS: Lane Co. SI (WEW). |
| D |
| Found on the edge of Fern Ridge Reservoir on mud. |
| Fissidens fontanus |
| Lawton |
| ORBIC List 4 |
| Ontario to FL, WA to CA, NM. NS: SI, Esmond Lake. |
| D |
| On rock or wood in streams, lakes or swamps. |
| Grimmia lisae |
| Norris and Shevock |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| BC to Mex, HI, Eurasia , Africa. NS: UW FO |
| D |
| Dry rock, low to moderate elevations. On basalt boulders, in meadow. |
Imbribryum alpinum
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK to CA, Labrador, Eurasia, n Africa. NS: Clackamas, Jackson Cos. |
| S |
| Moist acidic rock, soil over rock |
| Iwatsukiella leucotricha |
| Christy and Wagner |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| Japan to AK, WA, OR. NS: Clatsop Co. |
| S |
| Trees and shrubs, exposed coastal ridgetops. Saddle Mtn and Onion Pk. |
Limbella fryei (=Sciaromium tricostatum)
| Christy and Wagner, Lawton |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 1
| Endemic to the Pacific Northwest. NS: Coos, Lane Co. |
| S |
| On wet, rotten wood, leaf litter and lower trunks of tall shrubs in dense coastal shrub swamps. |
Micromitrium synoicum (=Nanomitrium s.)
| Grout 1903 |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| Eastern North America |
NS: Linn Co.
| S |
| Ephemeral. Bare soil, dried mud, moist clay banks. |
| Myurella julacea |
| Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK to CA, New England, Eurasia. NS: Marion Co. |
| S |
| Damp shaded cliffs and rocks, sea level to subalpine. |
| Orthotrichum hallii |
| Lawton |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| BC to CA, ID, NM. NS: UW, Horse Rock Ridge. |
| D |
| Usually calcareous rock, sometimes granite, basalt, deciduous trees trunks. |
Physcomitrella readeri
| ORBIC List 2 |
| OR, CA+, NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Ephemeral, on seasonally flooded wet prairie. Exposed mud of pond edges. Physcomitrella patens in OR is actually this species. |
| Physcomitrium immersum |
| Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| CA, WA, BC. NS: Benton, Linn Co. (Finley Wildlife Refuge). |
| S |
| On mud. |
| Plagiobryum zieri |
| Lawton |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| AK to New England, WA, ID, OR. NS: Clatsop, Marion, Linn Co. |
| S |
| Soil in rock crevices. Often calcareous regions. Coast Range and Cascades. |
| Plagiopus oederianus |
| Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK to OR, CO, VA. |
NS: SI FO, Wolf Creek
| D |
| On rocks and cliff faces, often on calcareous substrates. Large cushions on seasonally wet hard sandstone, Siuslaw FO. |
| Plagiothecium cavifolium |
| Norris and Shevock, Lawton (as P.roeseanum) |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK to CA, GA, Eurasia. NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Shaded soil of humus overlying boulders and cliffs, sometimes rotten logs, stumps, tree bases. |
| Plagiothecium piliferum |
| Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK to MT, OR, Eurasia. NS: SI, UW |
| D |
| Low elevation conifer or alder, maple; on trees, logs, rock. On side of rock outcrop beneath an overhang. |
Polytrichastrum longisetum
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Circumboreal and S Hemisphere; MT, BC, NS: Clackamas Co. |
| S |
| Moist acidic to basic peaty sites, hummocks, meadows and wet tundra. |
| Polytrichastrum sexangulare var. sexangulare |
| Lawton |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| AK to WA, MT, WY. NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| On soil, montane. |
| Polytrichum strictum |
| Lawton |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Circumboreal, south to Clatsop Co. OR. |
| S |
| On organic soils, Sphagnum hummocks, mires. |
| Pseudephemerum nitidum |
| Lawton |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| BC to OR. NS: SI (West Eugene Wetlands) |
| D |
| Ephemeral. On damp soil. At Long Tom ACEC on old molehills in grassland. |
| Ptychostomum cyclophyllum |
| Lawton (as Bryum cyclophyllum) |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK to CA, WY, AZ, MO, Eurasia. NS: Jackson Co. |
| S |
| Moist ground, rock crevices, sandy soil in wet places. |
Racomitrium lanuginosum
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Widespread global, Canada s to CA. NS: Polk Co. |
| S |
| Dry open areas, soil and rocks, talus. |
| Racomitrium ryszardii (=Codriophorus ryszardii, Racomitrium aquaticum) |
| Christy and Wagner, Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Circumboreal, south to CA. NS: Lane and Linn Cos. |
| S |
| Shaded moist rocks along streams or in forests, often in splash zone but not aquatic. |
| Racomitrium brevipes |
| Norris and Shevock |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| AK to CA, MT. NS: Benton, Douglas Cos. |
| S |
| Dry, exposed rocks in the mountains. |
| Rhytidiadelphus subpinnatus |
| Norris and Shevock |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Circumboreal, s to OR, Douglas Co. NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Damp to wet soil, humus, logs, rocks; swamps and moist forests, often along streams, waterfalls. |
| Rhytidium rugosum |
| Christy and Wagner, Lawton |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| circumboreal, s to S.Am., N.Africa; in PNW: BC, Alberta, MT, WA, OR; NS: Saddle Mt. |
| S |
| Forming loose mats on dry soil or rock, usually on the sloping sides and tops of dry bluffs and cliffs, at middle to higher elevations west of Cascade Range |
| Rosulabryum gemmascens (=Bryum gemmascens) |
| Norris and Shevock |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| BC to CA. NS: UW FO |
| D |
| Sand dunes. Sheltered portions of tree crowns. On dry soil, rock, or rarely wood, at low elevations. On ash snag, riparian ash grove. |
Schistidium confertum
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Eurasia, AK to CA, MI. NS: Linn Co. |
| S |
| Rocks, part shade. |
| Scouleria marginata |
| Christy and Wagner, Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| British Columbia to California. NS: Clackamas Co. |
| S |
| Dense often extensive mats on rocks, swift streams or waterfalls. In the spray zone, may be submerged at least part of the year. |
Sphagnum oregonense
| ORBIC List 3 |
| OR. Three Sisters Wilderness Area |
| S |
| Montane fen, 4800 feet, Cabin Meadows. |
| Splachnum ampullaceum |
| Christy and Wagner, Lawton |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| circumboreal, in PNW: AK, BC, Alberta, OR; NS: Klamath County |
| S |
| Forming green sods on old dung of herbivores, or on soil enriched by dung, in peatlands or wetlands. |
| Tayloria serrata |
| Christy and Wagner, Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| circumboreal, in PNW: AK, BC, Alberta, MT, WA, OR, CA; Clackamas Co. NS: SI, UW |
| D |
| Forming green sods on old dung of herbivores, or soil enriched by dung, peatlands or uplands. The decomposed dung may be absent. |
| Tetraphis geniculata |
| Christy and Wagner, Lawton |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| CA, ID, WA, Clac, Linc, Hood Counties. Marys Peak FO. |
| D |
| On well-rotted stumps and logs, including on cut ends. Associated with Tetraphis pellucida. Moist forests. |
| Tetraplodon mnioides |
| Christy and Wagner, Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Worldwide, AK, BC, Alberta, WA, OR; Brice Creek Trail (Willamette NF). NS: SI, UW |
| D |
| On old dung or soil and rotten wood enriched by dung or carcasses, in peatlands as well as drier uplands. |
| Thamnobryum neckeroides |
| Lawton |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| CA, ID, OR, WA, Lane, Linn, Mult. Co. UW, Upper Elk Mdws RNA. |
| D |
| On rock, soil over rock or tree bases from lowlands to 2000 m. On a Sitka alder bole. |
Trematodon asanoi (=T. boasii)
| Christy and Wagner, Lawton |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| BC, CA, Newfoundland; NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Subalpine; moist bare soil along trails, streams, ponds. |
| Trichostomum crispulum |
| Norris and Shevock |
| ORBIC list 2 |
| AK to CA, FL, Central America, Eurasia, Africa; NS: SI, UW |
| D |
| Rocks, rock crevices. |
Trichostomum tenuirostre var. tenuirostre (=Oxystegus tenuirostris)
| Lawton (under Trichostomum tenuirostre) |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| BC, to AZ, Quebec to South Carolina. In OR: Clatsop Co. & near Waldo Lake. |
| S |
| Soil, soil over rock, peaty banks. |
Similar to Weissia controversa.
LIVERWORTS
Anastrophyllum sphenoloboides
| ORBIC List 2 |
| AK, Canada, to OR. NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Moist peaty soil, heathlands, often with Aulocomnium palustre. |
Barbilophozia floerkei
| ORBIC List 2 |
| Europe, Canada, AK, s to OR. NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Open moist slopes, on humus, boulders, talus, sand. |
| Blepharostoma arachnoideum |
| Doyle and Stotler |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| BC to CA. NS: SI, UW FO. |
| D |
| Both coastal western hemlock, and alpine, in BC. Decayed wood. Bedrock and decorticated logs in streams Eugene area. |
| Calypogeia sphagnicola |
| Christy and Wagner |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 4
| N Europe, N America, Japan. OR: w Cascades, coast, NS: Sutton Creek Recreation Area. |
| D |
| Restricted to sphagnum containing wetlands. |
| Cephaloziella hampeana |
| Doyle and Stotler |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Circumboreal, BC to CA; NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Sphagnum. Soil, logs, swamps, bogs, pond shores. |
| Cephaloziella spinigera |
| Christy and Wagner |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Circumboreal, in OR only in coastal area; NS: Woahink Bog, Lane Co. |
| S |
| Restricted in sphagnum wetlands, usually growing in full sun. Possible at Hult Pond. |
| Gymnomitrion concinnatum |
| Christy and Wagner |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Circumboreal, south to OR. NS: Marion Co. |
| S |
| Peaty soil, open subalpine, often associated with cliffs and rocks. |
| Haplomitrium hookeri |
| Christy and Wagner |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| circumboreal, in PNW: south to Three Sisters Wilderness. Also documented at Sutton Beach. |
| S |
| Along rivulets or on heather slopes in subalpine-alpine situations, rarely in pure patches but growing mixed in with other bryophytes |
| Herbertus aduncus |
| Christy and Wagner |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Circumboreal, south to Oregon. Clatsop, Multnomah Cos. |
| S |
| On exposed, wet rocks. Also on tree trunks. |
Herbertus dicranus (=H. sakuraii)
| Christy and Wagner |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| AK to OR, Oceania, Asia. Clatsop Co. |
| S |
| Cool moist peaty sites, coastal mountains in OR. |
| Hygrobiella laxifolia |
| Schofield |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Eurasia, E N. Am., AK to OR. NS: Marion County, Cascades. |
| S |
| Perennially wet rock faces; waterfalls. Sea level to subalpine. |
| Kurzia makinoana |
| Christy and Wagner |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Japan, China, Taiwan; BC to CA. NS: Coos Bay BLM. |
| S |
| Coastal region old growth generally. Shaded, rotten wood, rootwads, and humic soil, low elevations. Cool moist locations such as riparian or bogs. |
Lophozia gillmanii (=Mesoptychia gillmanii)
| Doyle and Stotler |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Circumboreal, south to CA. OR, Baker and Grant Cos. |
| S |
| Peaty soils, cliffs or ledges, limestone, west subalpine meadow, granite cirque. |
Lophozia laxa (=Schistochilopsis laxa)
| Christy and Wagner |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Circumboreal, south to Lane and Douglas Co. |
| S |
| Both in coastal areas and in Cascade Mts., growing among and over branches of sphagnum in well-developed peatlands. |
| Marsupella emarginata var. aquatica |
| Christy and Wagner |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Europe, Greenland, northeast N.A.; AK to OR. NS: first two miles of the Waldo Lake outlet stream. |
| S |
| Cold perennial streams, faster flowing sections on submerged rocks. |
| Marsupella sprucei |
| Doyle and Stotler |
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Eurasia, North America. NS: SI FO. |
| D |
| On sandstone, especially old road cuts, moist, shaded areas. |
Metzgeria violacea (= M. temperata)
| Christy and Wagner |
| ORBIC List 4 |
| AK(?), south to Coos County; Eurasia. NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| On tree trunks, shaded, coast, dense mats or mixed among other bryophytes. M. temperata not in OR, ours is now called M. violacea. |
Phymatoceros phymatodes
Sensitive ORBIC list 2
| OR, CA. NS: Coos Bay District ~3 mi. SSE of Roman Nose. |
| S |
| Tuberous hornwort. Shaded bare soil, wet in late spring, summer dry. |
| Porella bolanderi |
| Christy and Wagner (in Porella key) |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Klamath Mountains, Willamette Valley, CA, UT; NS: UW FO |
| D |
| QUGA4 forest. PSME forest on rock outcrops. Maple bark, tree trunk bases, in CA. |
Porella vernicosa ssp. fauriei (P. arboris-vitae)
| Christy and Wagner |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| Eurasia, Africa, AK, OR: Multnomah Co. |
| S |
| Triple Falls, Oneonta Gorge. |
| Preissia quadrata |
| Doyle and Stotler |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Eurasia, N. AM., to CA. NS: Clackamas Co. |
| S |
| Mineral soil or rock near water. Usually calcareous rock areas. Low elevation (e.g. Columbia Gorge) to alpine. |
| Radula brunnea |
| Christy and Wagner |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| Japan, e Asia, in NA only from Saddle Mt, Clatsop Co. |
| S |
| Peaty ledges on cliffs sheltered by the ridge top, grows in thick mats, occasionally mixed in with other bryophytes |
| Rivulariella gemmipara (=Chiloscyphus gemmiparus) |
| Christy and Wagner |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 1
| OR, WA, AK,UT,CA. NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Attached to rocks in the bed of cold water streams, submerged or emergent in the splash zone. |
| Scapania gymnostomophila |
| Christy and Wagner |
| ORBIC List 2 |
| Rare worldwide. OR: Multnomah Co. |
| S |
| Shady cliffs, rocks, next to streams. Columbia River Gorge. |
| Scapania obscura |
| Christy and Wagner |
| Sensitive |
ORBIC List 2
| Rare worldwide. In Europe, Alberta, Oregon. NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Arctic and alpine, montane. Aquatic or nearly so, in seeps or streams. |
Scapania scandica
| ORBIC List 3 |
| Eurasia, Canada, AK to OR, NS: Lane Co. |
| S |
| Open moist areas, soil banks, rarely decaying logs. |
| Sphaerocarpos hians |
| Christy and Wagner |
| ORBIC List 1 |
| historically known from Pullman, WA and Moscow, ID; recently found in Corvallis |
| S |
| On mud of river bank, seasonal ephemeral which is evident in summer (Pullman) and fall (Corvallis) when water levels are low |
Bryophyte Taxonomic References
Bryophyte Flora of North America. http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/BFNA/bfnamenu.htm Buck, W. R. and D.H. Norris. 1996. Hedwigia stellata and H. detonsa (Hedwigiaceae) in North America. NOVA HEDWIGIA 62: 361-370.
Christy, J. A. and D. H. Wagner 1996. Guide for the identification of rare, threatened or sensitive bryophytes in the range of the northern spotted owl, western Washington, western Oregon, and northwestern California. BLM - Oregon-Washington State Office, Portland.
Doyle, W.T. and R.E. Stotler. 2006. Contributions toward a bryoflora of California III. Keys and annotated species catalogue for liverworts and hornworts. Madrono 53 (2): 89-197.
Grout, A.J. 1903. Mosses with hand-lens and microscope.
Lawton, E.E. 1971. Moss flora of the Pacific Northwest. Hattori Botanical Laboratory, Japan.
Norris, D.H. and J.R. Shevock. 2004. Contributions toward a bryoflora of California: II. A key to the mosses. Madrono 51:133-269.
Schofield, W.B. 2002. Field guide to liverwort genera of Pacific North America.
Spence, J.R. 1986. Bryum calobryoides, a new species from western North America. Bryologist 89: 215-218.
| D/S = Documented or Suspected on the Northwest Oregon District. ex, X = Extirpated in OR, Extinct. | ORBIC=Oregon Biodiversity Information Center | |
| NS=Nearest site | UW=Upper Willamette Resource Area | SI=Siuslaw Resource Area |
ORBIC List 1 contains taxa that are threatened with extinction or presumed to be extinct throughout their entire range.
ORBIC List 2 contains taxa that are threatened with extirpation or presumed extirpated from the state of Oregon.
ORBIC List 3 contains taxa for which more information is needed before status can be determined, but which may be threatened or endangered in Oregon or throughout their range.
ORBIC List 4 contains taxa which are of conservation concern but are not currently threatened or endangered.
This list may change during the course of the contract to accommodate changes in the status of species. Species may be added or deleted from this list. Species included on this list are Bureau Sensitive, Eugene Review, or ORBIC listed species.